Rocks and Minerals
Minerals
Name a type of of weathering/Erosion
Wind, Water or Ice
Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive is called a what?
Adaptation
Name one of the causes of water pollution we discussed
Trash, Dirt/Soil, Chemicals and Oil
What is Mr.Marbra's First Name
Makhi
Physical or chemical characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance
Properties
Wind and water can slowly break rocks apart. This is called…
Weathering
A characteristic that helps animals blend in with the surrounding environment and increase their chances of survival
Camoflauge
To properly dispose of used resources so they
can be reprocessed into new products
What Sports has Mr.Marbra coached at Ethos
Basketball and Football
A physical property referring to how an object shines when light reflects from its surface
Luster
When soil or rocks are moved from one place to another, it is called…
The long-distance, usually seasonal movement of
animals from one place to another
Migration
The protection of resources and avoidance of wasteful and destructive use is called what?
Conservation
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The scale used to to identify how hard a rock/mineral is
The Mohs Hardness Scale
A sharp, jagged rock falls into a fast-moving river. How will the moving water change the rock over time?
Some harmless snakes look like dangerous snakes. This is an example of:
We can reduce harmful effects of pollution on plants and animals by doing which activity with paper?
A. Reading the newspaper every day
B. Throwing paper in the garbage
C.Keeping paper in a large box
D. Recycling used paper products
D. Recycling used paper products
How many years has Mr.Marbra worked at Ethos
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